Addressing rural health disparities through policy change in the stroke belt

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 503-510

  Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B ^a   Smith, Tosha W ^b   Thayer, Linden Maya ^b   Drobka, Sarah ^b   Miller, Cassandra ^b   Keyserling, Thomas C ^c   Ammerman, Alice S ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; community based participatory research; food environment; obesity prevention policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; STROKE;

EID: 84885184878     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182893bbb     Document Type: Article

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